America's culture is moving in a new and dangerous direction, as it becomes more accepting and tolerant of dishonesty and financial abuse. Tamar Frankel argues that this phenomenon is not new; in fact it has a specific traceable past. During the past thirty years temptations and opportunities to defraud have risen; legal, moral and theoretical barriers to abuse of trust have fallen. She goes on to suggest that fraud and the abuse of trust could have a widespread impact on American economy and prosperity, and argues that the way to counter this disturbing trend is to reverse the culture of business dishonesty. Finally, she presents the following thesis: If Americans have had enough of financial abuse, they can demand of their leaders, of themselves, and of each other more honesty and trust and less cynicism. Americans can reject the actions, attitudes, theories and assumptions that brought us the corporate scandals of the 1990s. Though American society can have "bad apples," and its constituents hold differing opinions about the precise meaning of trust and truth, it can remain honest, as long as it aspires to honesty.

Future Challenges for the Port and Shipping Sector discusses the issues that most influence the future of the maritime and port industries. The topics covered include: maritime trade, future trade flows, evolutions in international trade, shipping capacity and demand, developments in ship construction and their economic consequences. The book also covers future developments in ports (technology and economics), the future role of port authorities (the role of national and international public authorities, as well as cooperation between ports), the future development in ports (hinterland transportation, landslide handling, and financial developments), financial developments (alternative financing of investments, hedging operations, mergers and cooperation, and capital markets).

The ways in which law has interacted with concrete interests to reshape Japan's foreign trade politics at the start of the twenty-first century can best be characterized as aggressive legalism. Central to this transformation have been the beneficiaries of this ever more aggressive legalism--Japan's trade-dominant industries with visible stakes in the international economic system. Today, thanks to painstaking and concerted efforts, Japan's aggressive legalism has shifted well beyond its origins in the WTO, and is now not confined to any one multilateral, regional, or bilateral forum. Nor is its thrust limited only to the issues covered in this book, namely, antidumping, safeguards, intellectual property, or investment concerns in FTA diplomacy. Its target is not only the United States, but also rapidly rising new Asian competitors like China; not only foreign governments, but also foreign sectors--even down to specific companies. In the shifting landscape of global and regional realities, aggressive legalism has emerged as the single most cohesive and unquestionably legitimate attempt by Japanese actors to structure favorable outcomes in international trade.

The ways in which law has interacted with concrete interests to reshape Japan's foreign trade politics at the start of the twenty-first century can best be characterized as aggressive legalism. Central to this transformation have been the beneficiaries of this ever more aggressive legalism--Japan's trade-dominant industries with visible stakes in the international economic system. Today, thanks to painstaking and concerted efforts, Japan's aggressive legalism has shifted well beyond its origins in the WTO, and is now not confined to any one multilateral, regional, or bilateral forum. Nor is its thrust limited only to the issues covered in this book, namely, antidumping, safeguards, intellectual property, or investment concerns in FTA diplomacy. Its target is not only the United States, but also rapidly rising new Asian competitors like China; not only foreign governments, but also foreign sectors--even down to specific companies. In the shifting landscape of global and regional realities, aggressive legalism has emerged as the single most cohesive and unquestionably legitimate attempt by Japanese actors to structure favorable outcomes in international trade.

Warum und unter welchen Voraussetzungen soll die Rechtsordnung technischen und kreativen Leistungen Schutz gewahren? Wie wirken sich rechtliche Schutzinstrumente auf den Zugang zu Wissen als grundlegender Triebkraft von Innovation, Kreativitat und technischem Fortschritt aus? Die Antworten auf diese Fragen nach dem Zweck und den Wirkungen des Schutzes von Immaterialgutern uberspannen zunachst samtliche Disziplinen der Rechtswissenschaft. Nur im Dialog der Disziplinen lasst sich die gesellschaftspolitische Funktion des Immaterialguterrechts ermitteln. Der vorliegende Band wirft aktuelle Schlaglichter auf einzelne Aspekte dieser diskursiven, interdisziplinaren Suche nach Antworten."

Written by a member of the FIDIC President's List of Adjudicators, this detailed and critical commentary on the FIDIC Red Book provides authoritative guidance and recommendations for best practice. Focusing on each Clause of the Condition of Contract, this book identifies pitfalls and logistics issues associated with its enforcement and ancillary processes, to give readers an advantage when operating with the FIDIC Red Book. Intended to promote the best use and growth of FIDIC, this guide will be essential for all users of the FIDIC Red Book, be they contractors, lawyers, engineers, students training to join these industries or any professional involved in the resolution of disputes involving the FIDIC Red Book.

Available for the first time in one easy-to-read printed volume, The Commercial Court Guide contains all materials needed when appearing in the Commercial Court or the Admiralty Court. Compiled by an eminent team of judges, it is an indispensable tool for users of those courts.

It is fairly easy for a Finnish Jurist to understand German Company law. On the other hand, UK Company law seems very confusing. What is even more confusing is that the UK corporate govemance model is often regarded as one of the best in the World. Clearly German law cannot be as bad as it is often said to be. This books results from these kinds of thoughts and an interest in comparative law, Company law and securities markets law. I wanted to find out whether the functional method would give anything new to say about the regulation of corpo rate govemance in Germany and the UK. As I have been lecturing on Company law and corporate govemance myself, I also wanted to write a book that I could use as a textbook in my courses. For this reason, I focused on one of the key questions in corporate govemance: the regula tion of shareholder activism."

The free movement of capital and payments within the EU and between the EU and third countries is an essential component in establishing the internal market in financial services. This work provides an expert and practical analysis of the Treaty framework governing free movement of capital and payments, covering the definition of capital payments, the prohibition of restrictions on free movement, together with the permitted exceptions, derogations and safeguard measures. It derives from a section in the looseleaf Law of the EU (Vaughan & Robertson, eds), and is made available here for the benefit of those who don't subscribe to the looseleaf. The provisions are considered in the context of other EU Treaty provisions and the international environment. The author also addresses the increasingly complex EU framework for combating money laundering.

This sweeping, comparative study of taxation in the United States and Australia shows that even as governments in the Western world have become increasingly sophisticated tax collectors, a competitive and ruthless market in advice on tax avoidance has developed. The same competitive forces in the late twentieth century which have driven down prices and sparked efficiencies in the production of fast food or computer parts have helped stimulate the markets for "bads" like tax shelters and problem gambling. Braithwaite draws the surprising conclusion that effective regulation could actually flip markets in vice to markets of virtue. Essential reading for anyone involved in policy, governance, and regulation, Markets in Vice, Markets in Virtue provides a blueprint for restoring the equity of Western tax systems and a breakthrough theory of how regulators can support markets in virtue and curtail markets in vice.

Exploring the relationship between competition law and technology pools, this book provides general-purpose details of the biotechnology patent pool scheme while discussing historical developments, approaches of the US Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, and the European Union Competition Commission via EU regulations. In addition to these regulatory approaches and evolution in concept and theory of technology pools, this book illustrates relationship issues including tying arrangements and essential facility consideration vis-a-vis technology pools. It analyzes the modalities of forming such pools in the area of biotechnology, specifically illustrating that the formation of technology pools is possible and can be safely undertaken, and proposes a viable solution and structure. Patent pools in the biotechnology industry will pave the way towards open collaborative research, reducing patent thickets. Formation of such pools will increase access to various technology and patents otherwise out of bounds, resulting in a reduction of licensing costs and a spur in the development of new solutions. Most importantly, such pools will reduce the frequency of patent toll gates, making the entire spectrum of research interesting from the perspective of researchers as well as investors. This book will be an aid to researchers studying intellectual property, patents, and biotechnology, as well as to interest groups including funding agencies, venture funds, angel investors, and proponents of the open-source movement.

The free movement of persons and services are key elements, alongside the free movement of goods and capital, in the fundamental freedoms which underpin the European internal market. In recent years two key themes have emerged from the case law of the European Court of Justice. The first is convergence in the case law on the free movement of goods, persons, and services in order to ensure the operation of the internal market through the prohibition of discrimination and the outlawing of unjustified obstacles to free movement. The second is the case law on the rights which flow from the introduction of citizenship of the European Union, which offer constitutional rights for individuals. The tensions between these two lines of authority can be explained through a fresh approach to the analysis and synthesis of the Treaty rules and secondary legislation of the European Community, and of the case law of the European Court of Justice on free movement of persons and services. This approach is based on distinguishing between those rules which relate mainly to the regulation of business activities in the internal market, and those which are mainly concerned with individual rights for citizens of the European Union. The result is a detailed overview of the law relating to workers, establishment, and services in the EU in this modern context.

Allgemeine Geschaftsbedingungen und Standardvertrage fur Unternehmen" beschaftigt sich mit der Rolle der Allgemeinen Geschaftsbedingungen im Unternehmensalltag sowie der restriktiven Inhaltskontrolle von Vertragen durch Recht und Gerichte. Auf dieser Basis wird ein an der Abwagung von Nutzen und Risiken orientierter Weg zum Umgang mit rechtlichen Erschwernissen des Geschaftsverkehrs beim Einsatz standardisierter Formulierungen gesucht. Im Vordergrund steht die einfache Erkenntnis, dass Allgemeine Geschaftsbedingungen nicht primar fur Gerichte gemacht werden. Sie sind Geschafts-, nicht Gerichtsbedingungen. Das Buch will helfen, dieser Prioritat folgend mit ihnen umzugehen.

Die Struktur orientiert sich an europaischen und deutschen Rechtssatzen, stellt aber auch die tragenden Entscheidungen hoher Gerichte zu einzelnen Klauseln dar. Moglich ist das gezielte Nachschlagen von Einzelproblemen ebenso wie die systematische Recherche."

Das Recht der stillen Gesellschaft eroeffnet einen weiten Gestaltungsspielraum. Dieses Werk stellt umfassend die besonderen rechtlichen Anforderungen dar, die fur die stille Beteiligung an einer Aktiengesellschaft gelten. Ausgehend von den Motiven fur die Rechtsformwahl werden die Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen der Vertragsgestaltung dargestellt. Die Darstellung fuhrt von der Begrundung der Beteiligung bis zu ihrer Beendung und berucksichtigt das Personengesellschaftsrecht, das Recht der Fremdfinanzierung der Aktiengesellschaft, das Konzernrecht und das Umwandlungsrecht.

EU services law is an emerging area of scholarship of great practical importance. This book is the first major contribution to the analysis and the development of the right to provide services. It is authoritative and represents different views on many of the pressing problems of the area.

An accessible introduction to multimodal contracts of carriage, Multimodal Transport Law works from general principles toward specific, technical problems. Adopting an international approach, it addresses such key topics as: Contracts of carriage Transport documents The parties to a contract of carriage International conventions on the carriage of goods Multimodal situations covered by unimodal conventions Conflict of laws The rules applicable to the individual legs of multimodal contracts of carriage The Rotterdam Rules Providing a close examination of the relevant rules, regulations and case law, this is essential reading for law students, useful for claims handlers and practitioners, and of interest for academics and legislators seeking a better appreciation of multimodal contracts of carriage.

Das Werk widmet sich einem zunehmend fuhlbaren Konflikt unseres Unternehmensrechts. Einerseits werden Unternehmen auf der Grundlage europaischen und deutschen Rechts steigenden Publizitatspflichten unterworfen. In der Praxis werden diese Unternehmensdaten andererseits vielfach von Konkurrenten, Zulieferern oder Abnehmern genutzt, um ihre eigene Wettbewerbssituation gegenuber dem offen legenden Unternehmen zu verbessern. Das Buch analysiert die zivilrechtlichen, kartellrechtlichen, verfassungsrechtlichen und europarechtlichen Grundlagen, beschreibt die handels- und gesellschaftsrechtlichen Regelungen und schlagt vor dem Hintergrund einer oekonomischen Analyse von Offenlegungspflichten neue Regelungen vor, z. B. die weitgehende Zuruckfuhrung der Publizitatspflicht von nicht-boersennotierten Unternehmen sowie die Nutzung von Schutzklauseln bei boersennotierten Unternehmen.

This book examines the law of the European internal market. The book focuses in particular on the relationship between the free movement of goods and services, asking whether the same principles can be applied in both fields. It also seeks to tackle some basic questions of EC law, such as the division of power between the Union and the Member States on the one hand, and between the courts and legislatures on the other.

Recent wars and conflicts, the 'blood diamond' wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as asset freezing and blocking in the so called war against terrorism have more than ever before raised questions about the status of private property and contract rights after the outbreak of war. Do invading and occupying powers have the right to destroy and confiscate private property and ignore contract rights? Are residents of a war-torn countries and foreign investors alike protected by international laws that uphold commercial freedom? Who, and on what legal authority, decides cases over contested resources during or after war? As globalization and armed conflicts continue to grow and co-exist, these questions are increasingly in the international spotlight.
War, Commerce, and International Law authoritatively explores these questions in the context of the relationship between war and commerce, on one hand, and international law, on the other. This book also places these questions in a historical context. Professor Gathii argues that there are continuities and discontinuities in the ways in which these rules were applied in colonial acquisitions of territory and in the protection of the rights of bond holders in the period before the twentieth century, and the manner in which private property and contract rights are being treated under occupation and during wartime in the contemporary period.
This book also offers an original and authoritative framework for appreciating relations between powerful and less powerful States and entities and between public and private power, as well as between peoples from vastly different cultural and racial backgrounds, in the context of war and commerce. It presents authoritative comparisons and contrasts between the protection of rights of foreign and domestic investors under international law in the context of war. In so doing, it debunks the story that commerce has prevailed over wartime deprivations and destructions of private property and contract rights. It shows how wartime effects on private property are a constitutive component of war rather than an aberration of it. Professor Gathii demonstrates that while international legal prohibitions against destruction and confiscation of private property during wartime are important, they have often been disregarded or sacrificed at the alter of claims of liberty and freedom historically as well as in the contemporary period.
Most importantly, War, Commerce, and International Law shows that although the doctrines and rules of international law relating to war and commerce guarantee fairness between all states, their application, interpretation, and adjudication in a variety of contexts nevertheless simultaneously carry forward within them the legacy of imperialism and colonial conquest. However, while international law carries within it this legacy, its guarantees of the equality of all states and of the human rights of all individuals, continue to offer hope for poor and weak states and individuals everywhere.

Wenn heute uber Informationstechnik in der offentlichen Verwaltung" geschr- ben oder geredet wird, geschieht dies meist im Kontext von Electronic Gove- ment," wobei diese Thematik dann auch noch haufig auf die Bereitstellung el- tronischer Burgerservices reduziert wird. Dabei hat die offentliche Verwaltung selbstverstandlich schon lange vor der Verbreitung des Internets massiven Gebrauch von der Informationstechnik - macht - nur blieb die Auseinandersetzung damit lange Zeit einem sehr kleinen Kreis von Praktikern und Wissenschaftlern vorbehalten. Ursachlich dafur war - niger der Wunsch nach Exklusivitat, sondern vor allem der Umstand, dass sich ausserhalb dieses Kreises kaum jemand fur das Thema erwarmen konnte. Im Zuge von E-Government hat sich diese Situation schlagartig geandert. Die Anzahl der Kongresse, Messen, Umfragen, Benchmarkings usw. zum Thema hat in den letzten Jahren zwar spurbar nachgelassen, doch nach wie vor wird E- Government von denen, die sich damit beschaftigen (und das sind heute noch - mer sehr viel mehr Personen als noch vor zehn Jahren), als zentrales Instrument zur Modernisierung des Behordenapparats angesehen. Inzwischen wissen wir aber auch, dass gerade strukturelle Veranderungen vielfach sehr schleppend verlaufen und die IT im offentlichen Sektor noch immer nicht die Durchschlagskraft" - reicht hat, die ihr vielfach zugeschrieben wurde und die angesichts der technischen Moglichkeiten auch ohne weiteres vorstellbar ist. Fur das eher zogerliche Aufgr- fen der mit moderner IT eroffneten Veranderungsoptionen gibt es zahlreiche Grunde, von denen in den nachfolgenden Beitragen immer wieder die Rede sein wird."

Handelsembargos sind das zentrale Zwangsmittel unterhalb der Schwelle der Gewaltanwendung. Seit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges haben insbesondere EmbargobeschlA1/4sse des Sicherheitsrates der Vereinten Nationen Konjunktur. Einen Schwerpunkt des Buches bilden die Wirkungen dieser BeschlA1/4sse und die im Zusammenhang mit deren Umsetzung aufgeworfenen Rechtsfragen. Dabei wird auch dargestellt, wie in der Praxis der EuropAischen Gemeinschaft Embargos entweder autonom oder in AusfA1/4hrung der BeschlA1/4sse des Sicherheitsrates verhAngt werden. Von besonderer rechtlicher und praktischer Relevanz ist dann die Frage, inwieweit Staaten, Unternehmen und Individuen einen Anspruch auf EntschAdigung fA1/4r erlittene EmbargoschAden haben. Dem geht der Autor auf den verschiedenen Regelungsebenen nach.

Der Band liefert erstmals eine umfassende Zusammenstellung der rechtlichen Grundlagen des Facility Managements. Behandelt werden vertragliche und prozessuale Fragen sowie die Themen Betriebsubergang, offentliche Vergabe von Facility Management Leistungen und Betreiberpflichten. Das Buch richtet sich an immobilienrechtlich ausgerichtete Kanzleien, Anbieter von Facility Management Leistungen, Investoren, Immobilienverwaltungen der offentlichen Hand sowie Berater auf dem Gebiet Facility Management."

Die Internationalisierung der Kapitalmarkte fuhrt zu vielfaltigen Problemen bei der Abgrenzung der nationalen Rechtssetzungs- und Aufsichtsbefugnisse. Die Arbeit zeigt die voelkerrechtlichen Grundlagen auf, die bei der Abgrenzung boersenrechtlicher Regelungsinteressen zu beachten sind. Durch rechtsvergleichende Betrachtung der wichtigsten Boersenrechtsordnungen koennen gemeinsame Standards bei der internationalen Anwendung des Boersenrechts gewonnen werden. Der Leser wird mit der Praxis Deutschlands, Englands und der USA bei der internationalen Anwendung ihres Boersenzulassungsrechts, des Rechts der perodischen Publizitat, oeffentlicher Angebote, bedeutender Beteiligungsakquisitionen, des Insiderhandels und der UEbernahmeangebote vertraut gemacht.

Die juristisch relevanten Themengebiete des Qualitatsmanagements werden praxisorientiert und auch fur juristische Laien verstandlich behandelt: Produkthaftung, Qualitatssicherungsvereinbarungen, Zertifizierung und Akkreditierung, Umwelt- und Arbeitsrecht. Das Buch ist klar strukturiert und enthalt zahlreiche Ubersichten, Fallbeispiele aus der Praxis und Checklisten.
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